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April 26 at The Palladian Lounge, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry, 6 N.S. Road, Third Level; 7pm: Alexander V. Mazirka, director of cultural department, Consulate General of The Russian Federation, Calcutta, will inaugurate Life in Motion, an exhibition of exquisite bronze sculptures by Bimal Roy. The works will be on display till May 10. Till April 26 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Folklore — an exhibition of paintings by Somnath Mazumdar. Till April 26 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South-B Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Fight for Nature — the fourth solo exhibition of artworks by Jayanta Bera. April 28 - May 4 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3pm - 8pm: An exhibition of paintings and graphics by Anjana Mukherjee, Chaita Basu Jena, Puspita Ray and Saswati Chaudhuri. April 28 - May 4 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Bani Chakra presents Voice of Colours, a group show of paintings. Till April 30 (except April 27) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 4th floor; 3pm - 8pm: Ganesha Ek - Roop Anek, an exhibition of creations in parchment art & craft by Sunita Tandon. Till April 30 at Bodhi Tree Monastery of Art, 48/44 Swiss Park, 24246534; 4pm - 7pm: Bodhi Tree Monastery of Art presents Annual Exhibition 2011. Till April 30 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, 65508418; 10.30am - 6.30pm: The Rapture of Form — paintings by Suhas Roy, Prokash Karmakar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Sanatan Dinda, Atin Basak, Bratin Khan, Gourango Beshai, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Subrata Das, Samir Paul, Sukanta Das and others. Till May 1 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12noon - 8pm: Signature of Asia presents an exhibition of paintings. Till May 1 at Proscenium’s Art Centre, 46 AJC Bose Road, 22290843; 4pm - 8pm: Paintings by Supriya Sarkar, Kowshik Ghosh, Kabita Biswas, Indrajit Roy and Moupia Chakraborty. Till May 4 (except Sundays and public holidays) at Gallery K2, Supra Court, 35 Lansdowne Terrace, 24651444; 11am - 7pm: Some Brilliant Watercolours — a group show of watercolours. Participating artists: Aparup Mukherjee, Katayun Saklat, Nabendu Roy, Paresh Maity, Sudipta Karmakar and Tapas Kanti Mitra. Till May 6 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 11am - 8pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents the exhibition, Somnath Hore: Prints, Drawings, Posters. Till May 7 (except Sundays) at Gallery Image Kraft, 56E Block D, New Alipore; 11am - 8pm: An exhibition of paintings by young Bengal painters. Till May 7 (except Sundays & holidays) at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency Building, 3rd floor, 22895438; 11am - 7.30pm: Sublime Contours, an exhibition of recent paintings by some of the senior and well as upcoming artists of Andhra Pradesh. Till May 15 (except Mondays) at Kusum Apartments, 11 Gurusaday Road, Flat no. 61, 9903235566; 3pm - 7pm: Shree Art Gallery presents Baishakhi, and exhibition of paintings by B.R. Panesar, Bappa Halder, Pramathesh Chandra, Debabrata Chakrabarty, Dipti Chakraborty, Debendra Laha, Arun Kr Samaddar, Nitya Kundu, Milanendu Mondal, Prabal Roy, Ranjan Sarkar, Ranadip Das, Subrata Das, Samir Paul, Sambhu Saha and others. Till May 20 (except Saturdays & Sundays) at Emami Chisel Art, Emami Tower, 687 Anandapur, EM Bypass, 40113182/83; 2pm - 7pm: Uttar-Purab, an exhibition of contemporary art. Curated by Dr Archana Roy. Till June 9 (except Sundays) at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, 24630465, 40012289; 11 am - 7pm: The Young Man Was... (a few chapter): Naeem Mohaiemen.DRAMA
April 26 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Binodan Kolkata will stage Tagore’s Raja O Rani. Direction: Rajat Ganguly. April 28 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Naye Natua will stage Jaal, based on a story by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay. Drama, direction & performance: Goutam Halder. April 28 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30pm: Ganakrishti will stage its latest production, Ekhon Antigone. Drama: Evald Fisher. Translated and directed by Amitava Dutta. April 29 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30pm: Dhakuria Jeetendra Smriti Chakra presents a short play, Darpan Sakshi (written by Chandan Sen), and the one-act play, Nirastra (written by Amit Maitra). Direction: Binayak Bandyopadhyay. April 30 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3.15pm: Lal Sabuj — Natya-Anan’s latest production, directed and performed by Chandan Sen. April 30 & May 1 at Proscenium’s Art Centre, 46 AJC Bose Road; 6.45pm: Hatak (The Insult), directed by Sahir M. Siddiqui.pERFORMING ARTS
April 27 at Calcutta School of Music, Sandre Hall; 7pm: Monthly guitar concert by Biplaw Singh. All are welcome. April 28 - 30 at Purbashree, EZCC, Salt Lake; 6pm: Programme on Eastern Zonal Folk Culture, Guru-Shishya Parampara, an initiative by Government of India to revive folk dance and music. April 29 at Rabindra Okakura Bhavan, Salt Lake; 6pm: Srishtipath’s fifth annual function features recitation by the students of Nirmala Motijheel School, run by the Missionaries of Charity; audio-play Pratham Shok; songs by Anita Sarkar; recitation by Swapna Chakraborty; dance by Payel Roy and students of Monikuntala Uchcha Balika Vidyalaya; and drama Atha Swarga Bichitra by the members of Srishtipath. April 30 at Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi; 5.45pm: Shruti Kathan and Chhandak present Tumi Chhara Shunya Laagey. Featuring recitations in groups, solos and duets, audio-play and Tagore songs.taLK
April 26 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6pm: Dr Debabrata Sen Sharma will speak in English on Kashmir Saivism. April 26 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7pm: Discourse on Vivek Chudamani by Swami Jnanalokananda. April 26 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7pm: Debesh Pal will read from Swami Turianandaji Maharajer Patravali. April 26 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Hall; 7pm: Prof. Samir Kumar Basu will speak on Man O Manus.BOOK LAUNCH
April 26 at Starmark, Mani Square, 2nd floor; 6.30pm: Starmark will host the launch of Devapriya Roy’s The Vague Woman’s Handbook, published by HarperCollins Publishers India, with well-known vocalist Indrani Sen as the chief guest.pHOTOGRAPHS
Till April 27 at Gaganendra Pradarshashala; 4pm - 7pm: Humanity Foundation presents an old & new photo exhibition on Mother Teresa and her works. The photographs were taken by Pranab Mukerji between 1967 and 1997. Till May 30 (except Mondays and national holidays) in the Portrait Gallery, Victoria Memorial Hall; 10am - 5pm: Hoppé’s Santiniketan — an exhibition of photographs from 1929 by Emil Otto Hoppé.WORKSHOP
Till May 17 at the British Council’s Calcutta Teaching Centre: Registrations are on for a limited number of seats for the Summer School for children aged 8 to 15 years. The project-based courses for children with an emphasis on improving communication skills and confidence in using English run over three-weeks in May. In addition, there are Summer School English language courses for adults with a special emphasis on spoken skills along with an overall language development programme. Classes start from May 18, 2011. Call 22825370 to book a free level test. April 30 at Studio E2 69, 8/1 Esplanade East: Happy Feet, a dance workshop for kids (age group: 2 plus to 5years). For details and registration, call 9830019635. April 30 at 8 Camac Street, Shantiniketan Building; 4pm - 6pm: Zee Institute of Creative Arts (ZICA) is organising a workshop on Freehand Sketching. For registration, contact 22820123 / 9331720675. May 14 onwards at Eduzone, 112 Southern Avenue: Registrations on till May 8 for certified summer crash courses starting from May 14 for Foundation English, Hindi, Mathematics, Shakespearean literature, personality enhancement, public speaking and elocution for the age groups, 8yrs to 14yrs, 14yrs to 18yrs and 18yrs and above. Certified courses for basic & advanced Spanish, French and German. Also, free diagnostic tests with evaluation on SAT, GRE, GMAT, IELTS, TOEFL on all Sundays in May at 11am. For details, visit www.eduzoneindia.com or e-mail at eduzoneindia@gmail.com to register or call 9830020277, 9230613528.EXHIBITION
Till April 26 at 114 Southern Avenue, 9830850000; 10am - 6pm: Ambrisha J. from Bangalore unveils her summer collection of Indian and Western wear. Till April 30 at 175 Block G, New Alipore, 40608060; 11am - 7.30pm: “V” Style Voyage exhibits new summer designer collection of salwar kurta, tunics, dresses. Also, artefacts, home-decor items, tablemats, bags, footwear and accessories.SCREENING
April 29 at Nandan-II; 6pm: Films Division, Government of India and Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre will jointly present Indian Theatre on Celluloid (1988 / 106mins / col.) — screening of a documentary made by Dr Jabbar Patel on the India’s theatre traditions.MEDITATION
April 30 - May 11 at Vipassana Centre, Dhamma Ganga, Harish Chandra Dutt Road, Calcutta 700 114: Vipassana meditation residential courses. For details, call 25532855, 25833910, 22424561 or visit www.vri.dhamma.orgAll those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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